Auto-decode columns declared as JSON in output modes (issue #579)

Columns declared with type JSON now decode automatically wherever nested
JSON is already supported (query/rows/search/memory output, and the
Python API), without needing --json-cols. Uses sqlite3's built-in
detect_types=PARSE_DECLTYPES + a registered JSON converter, so it works
transparently through joins and aliases. Flat formats (CSV/TSV/table/raw)
re-serialize decoded values back to JSON text instead of a Python repr.
Also adds "JSON" as a first-class column type for create()/add_column()/
transform(), and fixes column_affinity("JSON") so transform() doesn't
rewrite JSON columns as REAL.
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Parker Gurney 2026-08-05 14:18:25 -07:00
commit f34dfb25da
8 changed files with 99 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ EXAMPLES = [
("BOOLEAN", float),
("DATE", float),
("DATETIME", float),
# Not a real SQLite affinity, but sqlite-utils treats it as TEXT so
# transform() does not mangle JSON columns - see issue 579
("JSON", str),
]